Sunken Ferry

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 9

Sunken Ferry

LAST BODY RECOVERED

DEATHS TOTAL THIRTY-SEVEN /? y Cable. —Press Association, — Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. SYDNEY. To-day. With the recovery of Mr. Eugene Wolf’s body all the known passengers of the ferry steamer Greycliffe have been accounted for. The list of the dead now totals 37. Gems worth £3.000 were found on the body of Mr. Wolff, who was a dealer in gems. He was on a holiday visit, with his wife and son. from Europe. They were to have ieft on their return home on the day alter the disaster. Mr. Wolff carried the jewels on his person for better safety. When Mrs. Wolff returned to the house at which they were staying on the day of the accident, she found that robbers had paid a visit to the dwelling, but they had failed to secure any booty.—A. and N.Z. TAHITI AT FRISCO NO COMMENT BY CAPTAIN SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday. Captain B. M. Aldwell, of the steamer Tahiti, which has arrived at San Francisco, declined to discuss the collision which occurred in Sydney Harbour on November 3, when the ferry steamer Greycliffe was rammed by the Tahiti and sunk. Captain Aldwell would state only that at the time of the accident his vessel was proceeding at the usual speed in passing out of the harbour, and that he did not expect a decision fixing the responsibility for the tragedy would be given until after the return of the Tahiti to Australia, on December 28. A. and N.Z.